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shh!
This doesn't really annoy me, but rather it freaks me out...
There is a LIZARD in my bathroom, trapped under a box. My husband is out of town, and I don't want to touch it but I am home alone. AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Whatever will I do???
Do you think the fire station would come out to pick up a lizard?
Slide a heavy sheet of cardboard or thick paper (like a collapsed cereal box) underneath. Then you can safely flip it over & take it back outside. Leave your door open first, tho, as you will need both hands to hold the box & your makeshift lid.
Second thoughts can generally be amended with judicious action; injudicious actions can seldom be recovered with second thoughts.
--Cyteen by C.J.Cherryh